Inequalities in stroke patients' management in english public hospitals: A survey on 200,000 patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Lazzarino, Antonio Ivan ^a   Palmer, William ^a   Bottle, Alex ^a   Aylin, Paul ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE PATIENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STROKE;

EID: 79952302075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017219     Document Type: Article

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